Half a century of measuring culture: Review of approaches, challenges, and limitations based on the analysis of 121 instruments for quantifying culture

Vas Taras, Julie Rowney and Piers Steel

Journal of International Management, 2009, vol. 15, issue 4, 357-373

Abstract: After examining 121 instruments for measuring culture, we provide a historical overview and analyze how culture has been operationalized over the last half a century. Our study focuses on the topics of culture definition, dimensionality of culture models, collection and analysis of data for measuring culture, levels of culture measurement, issues of cross-cultural survey equivalence and the reliability and validity of culture measures. For each of these topics, we provide a review of existing approaches, discuss the challenges, and suggest best practices. Based on our analysis, we identify gaps in the field of culture measurement and offer directions for future research.

Keywords: Culture; Culture; measurment; Review; Cross-cultural; research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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